'diesel' model airplane engines are diesels in the sense that they operate in the same principal, but they run on a much lighter fuel so that it will ignite. They cannot run on 'dino' diesel, biodiesel, or SVO. -- -- Martin Klingensmith http://infoarchive.net/ http://nnytech.net/
Bruce Colley wrote: > There are a number of diesel model airplane engines available, and I don't > see why if you heated the SVO, that it wouldn't work. (In fact I have been > wanting to try this and just haven't gotten around to it.) Bob Boumstein ( > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) publishes a monthly list of engines that he has for > sale, including diesel engines. If you e-mail him to get on his list, you > can see what is available. I would be very interested in your results. > > Bruce Colley, Sustainable Energy Project > http://www.sustainableenergyproject.org > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeffrey Kumjian > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 6:04 PM > Subject: [biofuel] Re: alternatives for methanol > > > Can you convert a model Airplane engine to run on straight Vegetable > oil and how are you do it? > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/